Fiction for the End of the World

Oval

By: Elvia Wilk
Narrated by: Christa Lewis
Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

In the near future, Berlin’s real estate is being flipped in the name of “sustainability,” only to make the city even more unaffordable; artists are employed by corporations as consultants, and the weather is acting strange. When Anja and Louis are offered a rent-free home on an artificial mountain?yet another eco-friendly initiative run by a... Read more

A People's Future of the United States

Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers

By: Victor LaValle & John Joseph Adams
Narrated by: Kyla Garcia, Dani Martineck, Roxana Ortega, William DeMeritt, Prentice Onayemi, Paul Boehmer, Soneela Nankani, Adenrele Ojo, N'Jameh Camara, Vikas Adam, Darrell Dennis, Nancy Wu & Various
Length: 15 hours 1 minute

A glittering landscape of twenty-five speculative stories that challenge oppression and envision new futures for America—from N. K. Jemisin, Charles Yu, Jamie Ford, G. Willow Wilson, Charlie Jane Anders, Hugh Howey, and more.

In these tumultuous times, in our deeply divided country, many people are angry, frightened, and hurting. Knowing that... Read more

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed: Book #1

By: Octavia E. Butler
Narrated by: Lynne Thigpen
Length: 12 hours 2 minutes

“Excellent book and very relatable for these current times in the US. Read more

Severance

A Novel

By: Ling Ma
Narrated by: Nancy Wu
Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

“Candace Chen is a first-generation Chinese millennial immigrant who tries to make a life in New York City by succumbing to the role of the office drone who helps create cheap bibles. But when Shen Fever—a plague that causes its victims to perform a rote task until death—hits, only a few survive, including Candace. She soon finds herself in a... Read more

Leave the World Behind

A Novel

By: Rumaan Alam
Narrated by: Marin Ireland
Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

“Alam has such skill with the omniscient narrator! The suspense and mystery is enhanced through each character and their reactions to the events, plus the info drops are intriguing and relevant. This is a novel that gets under your skin and stays there. And if that sounds creepy, well, it is! This novel is creepy as well as thought provoking,... Read more

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

A Novel

By: Olga Tokarczuk
Narrated by: Beata Pozniak
Length: 11 hours 39 minutes

“As the main character and narrator of this darkly funny novel, Mrs. Duszejko steals the show. A fierce old woman who lives alone in a house on a remote Polish plateau, she has a big personality as an eccentric astrologer, vegetarian, non-Catholic, and translator of William Blake. She patrols the area surrounding her home daily and has a few,... Read more

The Girl in Red

By: Christina Henry
Narrated by: January LaVoy
Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

“When people started getting sick, Red started getting ready. A fan of horror stories and survivalist tales, she thought she knew what it would take to keep herself and her family safe. Unfortunately, her parents and older brother weren’t inclined to take her advice. And so she finds herself in the woods, hatchet in hand and backpack on, slowly... Read more

Native Tongue

Native Tongue

By: Suzette Haden Elgin
Narrated by: Amy Landon
Length: 13 hours 42 minutes

“While one may certainly choose to read this classic feminist SF work in its recent print reprint edition, I strongly endorse enjoying this work about language and its ability to not just reflect culture and reality, but actually form it, via its audio incarnation. While listening / rereading, I noted on social media, “Me reading NATIVE TONGUE... Read more